We largely bypass this issue and issues of confidentiality by getting
the patient to pick up the letter and then send it to whomever they are
dealing with.
Hey presto we are only sending information to the patient and DPA does
not apply.
Paul Caldwell wrote:
> I get loads pts coming saying the council "wants a letter". My reading of
> the DPA is that data can only be sent to specific organisations or
> individuals for a specific purpose and cannot be seen or used by others. if
> i wrote a "dear council" letter would this breach the DPA?
>
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